Hundreds of people protested outside Ireland's parliament on Thursday to express outrage at the death of a Congolese-born man after he was restrained outside a Dublin department store last week for alleged shoplifting.
Egypt, Algeria and Tunisia has called for accelerating the holding of simultaneous presidential and parliamentary elections in Libya following a ministerial meeting in Cairo on Thursday.
Nigeria's nearly two dozen political parties begin holding their presidential primaries starting from Saturday to choose their candidates for national elections in January 2027.